Finger sight for guns



Marat l, 1938. JJS, FURST 2,109,993

FINGER SIGHT FOR GUNS Fi}ed May 29, 1957 INVE NTOR ATTORNEY PatentedMar. 1, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4' 4 Claims.

The object of this invention is to devise a novel finger sight for gunswhich will enable one to obtain greater accuracy in shooting.

A further object of the invention is to devise a novel finger sighthaving a mounting which can be readily attached to the gun barrel, andhaving a grasping portion resiliently connected with the mounting.

With the above and other objects in View as will hereinafter clearlyappear, my invention comprehends a novel finger sight for guns.

It further comprehends a novel finger sight attachable to the barrel ofa gun, and grasped by a hand of the shooter, so that the pointing of afinger at the target or game will give an accurate aiming position forthe gun.

Other novel features of construction and advantage will hereinafterclearly appear in the description and the appended claims.

For the purpose of illustrating the invention, I have shown in theaccompanying drawing a preferred embodiment of it, which, in practice,will give satisfactory and reliable results. It is, however, to beunderstood that this embodiment is typical only and the variousinstrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variouslyarranged and organized, and the invention is not limited to the exactarrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein setforth.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a conventional gun, inconjunction with which a finger sight embodying my invention isemployed.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the gun sight in detached position.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section, the section being takensubstantially on line 3-3 of Figure 5.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of a key employed.

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the gun sight in detached position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawing:

I designates the body portion of a gun sight, embodying my invention,and provided with a grasping handle 2. The body portion is provided witha longitudinally extending key way 3 open- 50 ing through its top faceand adapted to receive a key or slide 4 having a dovetailed connectiontherewith. The key 4 has fixed to it by fastening devices 5 a barrelmounting 6 in the form of a split band of sheet material shaped to thecontour of the barrel or barrels of the gun as will be clear byreference to Figures 1 and 2. The key 4 has an elongated slot or recess1 to receive a spring 8 which is interposed between a forward shoulderformed by the recess 1 and a pin 9 fixed to the body portion l. A sideand preferably both sidesvof the body portion are straight and are eachpreferably provided with a longitudinally extending recess ill toreceive the index finger of the hand which grasps the handle 2. Theoperation will now be readily apparent to those skilled in this art andis as follows.

The mounting 6 is slid on to the barrel of the gun with which it is tobe used.

Assuming now that the gun is to be aimed at a target or game, theshooter raises the gun in the usual manner to his shoulder, and as hisleft hand, for example, is raised to level the gun he points at thetarget or game with his finger, instinctively moving his fingerforwardly as in the normal act of pointing. This forward pointingmovement of the finger is permited due to the resilient manner in whichthe body portion of the gun sight is connected with the mounting 6 infixed position on,the gun barrel.

I have found in practice that a greater degree of accuracy in shootinggame can be obtained if my novel finger sight is employed.

When one points his index finger he can forget the aiming of the gun,and it is only necessary to look at the object.

The brain guides movement of the body in picking up or pointing at anobject, so that when the index finger is pointed the object isautomatically covered.

Due to the scattering of the shot, the game will be covered, even thoughthere is a slight variation in the aiming as the finger is not on themedian line of the barrel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A finger Sight for guns, comprising a mounting to receive the gunbarrel; a body portion slidable on the mounting longitudinally of thebarrel and provided with a finger aligning side face and with adepending grasping handle adapted to be grasped by the hand of theshooter, and resilient means to retain said body portion in its rearwardposition on the mounting, whereby when the finger cooperating with saidside face is moved forwardly in sighting the body portion can moveforwardly on its mounting.

2. A finger sight for guns, comprising a mounting to receive the gunbarrel, a body portion slidable on the mounting longitudinally of thebarrel and provided with a longitudinally extending, finger receivingrecess and with a depending grasping handle to be grasped by a hand ofthe shooter with the index finger of such hand in said recess, andresilient means to retain said body portion in its rearward position onthe body portion, whereby when the index finger is moved forwardly insighting the body portion will slide forwardly on the mounting.

3. A finger sight for guns, comprising a mounting having means to engagea gun barrel, a key on the mounting having a slot, a body portion havinga key way to receive said key and provided with a grasping handle, aspring in said slot and an abutment on the body portion for the spring.

4. A finger sight for guns, comprising a mounting to receive the gunbarrel, 2. body portion slidable on the mounting longitudinally of thebarrel and provided on opposite sides with longitudinally extendingfinger receiving recesses, and with a grasping handle, whereby thehandle can be grasped by the hand of a shooter with a. finger in one ofsaid recesses and resilient means to retain said body portion in itsrearward position on the mounting whereby when the finger of the handgrasping said handle is moved forwardly in sighting the body portionwill move forwardly on its mounting.

JOHN S. FURST.

